Blu-ray Review – The Civil Dead

"The Civil Dead" is a different kind of ghost story. It's not about terror or tragedy, but loneliness, with the deceased figure offered here a man with nothing to do, clinging to the one person who's capable of seeing and interacting with him. It's more of a black comedy about stalking than a spooky movie, with co-writers Whitmer Thomas and Clay Tatum (who also directs) trying to find an offbeat way of exploring a spectral connection, and one that's entirely unwanted by at least one of the participants. "The Civil Dead" doesn't offer much in the way of sharp editing, but Thomas and Tatum have an idea worth exploring in this periodically amusing endeavor. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com